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Correspondence, Mrs. Della Towner to H.E. George

Date
1902-01
1902-03
Description
This folder is from the "Correspondence" file of the Sadie and Hampton George Papers (MS-00434)

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LVLWC - Las Vegas Valley Water District report on water supply (1 of 2)

Date
1909 to 1954
Description
Series 2. Las Vegas Land and Water Company -- General Manager, Manager of Properties, and Manager of Industrial Development in Los Angeles, California -- Las Vegas Land and Water Company (LVLWC) Corporate Documents, Reports, and Accounts

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Petroglyphs in Currant Creek: photographic print

Date
1880 (year uncertain) to 1987 (year uncertain)
Description

From the Nye County, Nevada Photograph Collection (PH-00221) -- Series VII. Other areas in Nye County -- Subseries VII.E. Hawkins Family (Duckwater, Nevada). A beautiful example of Indian Petroglyphs located in the Currant Creek area of Nye County, Nevada. Local Indians are said to be able to decipher the markings and older Indians residing at Duckwater are said to place high value on the site. 

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Petroglyphs in Currant Creek: photographic print

Date
1880 (year uncertain) to 1987 (year uncertain)
Description

From the Nye County, Nevada Photograph Collection (PH-00221) -- Series VII. Other areas in Nye County -- Subseries VII.E. Hawkins Family (Duckwater, Nevada). Close-up of Indian Petroglyphs in pho005612 located in the Current Creek area, Nye County, Nevada. Possibly circa 1910s-1930s.

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Native American writings near Moore's Station: photographic print

Date
1880 (year uncertain) to 1987 (year uncertain)
Description

From the Nye County, Nevada Photograph Collection (PH-00221) -- Series VII. Other areas in Nye County -- Subseries VII.E. Hawkins Family (Duckwater, Nevada). Photo taken by Martha Hawkins in 1986 of Indian writings near Moore’s Station, Nevada. 

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Diesel pump located across the highway from Carver's Station: photographic print

Date
1905 (year uncertain) to 1980 (year uncertain)
Description

From the Nye County, Nevada Photograph Collection (PH-00221) -- Series V. Smoky Valley, Nevada and Round Mountain, Nevada -- Subseries V.A. Carver, Carver-Duhme, and Carver-Book Families (Smoky Valley). Looking west from Carver’s Station toward Broad Canyon.

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Jean Carver Duhme's first new car, a 1955 Mercury: photographic print

Date
1905 (year uncertain) to 1980 (year uncertain)
Description

From the Nye County, Nevada Photograph Collection (PH-00221) -- Series V. Smoky Valley, Nevada and Round Mountain, Nevada -- Subseries V.A. Carver, Carver-Duhme, and Carver-Book Families (Smoky Valley). She purchased the car from Red Douglas at Red Douglas’s Ford Dealership in Tonopah.

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Jean Carver Duhme working at the grill at Carver's Station: photographic print

Date
1905 (year uncertain) to 1980 (year uncertain)
Description

From the Nye County, Nevada Photograph Collection (PH-00221) -- Series V. Smoky Valley, Nevada and Round Mountain, Nevada -- Subseries V.A. Carver, Carver-Duhme, and Carver-Book Families (Smoky Valley). Items from the Carver’s menu are listed on a sign on the wall in the upper right-hand corner. 

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Sawing wood using the rear wheel of a truck to power the saw: photographic print

Date
1909 (year uncertain) to 1988 (year uncertain)
Description

From the Nye County, Nevada Photograph Collection (PH-00221) -- Series V. Smoky Valley, Nevada and Round Mountain, Nevada -- Subseries V.C. Lofthouse-Berg Families (Round Mountain). Sawing wood using the rear wheel of a truck to power the saw, Round Mountain area. Man unidentified, date unknown, but possibly circa 1920s. 

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Some of the Fairbanks and Lisle family at Green Water, California: photographic print

Date
1907 to 1910
Description

From the Nye County, Nevada Photograph Collection (PH-00221) -- Series VII. Other areas in Nye County -- Subseries VII.F. Lowe Family. Second from left is Celesta Lisle, daughter of R.J. "Dad" Fairbanks. Next to her are her brother Vern, two small unidentfied children, and her mother, Celestia Fairbanks, wife of R.J. "Dad" Fairbanks and grandmother of Celesta Lisle Lowe. The man on the far left is unidentified.

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